Picture the perfect morning

Save small decisions for after work (when decision fatigue kicks in) and to tackle complex decisions in the morning, when your mind is fresh. 

A similar strategy is to do some of the smaller things the night before to get a head start on the next day.

• You need to wake up before the insanity starts. Before your goals for the day have competition.
• The second part of your morning ritual is about mood. That feeling of control is what produces grit and makes people persist.

Life is always more out of our control than we would prefer it to be. Even with the most meticulous planning, the perfect day only shows up now and then.

If we were to have a perfect day every day, it would quickly become just another normal part of our experience. Then we would need a new ...